High temperatures at this time can cause the leaves to senesce (die off) more quickly, shortening the length of the podfilling period. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
For example, bristlecones are famously long-lived, but despite this, do not appear to senesce Lanner and Connor, 2001; Connor and Lanner, 1991. From Wordnik.com. [More on MBH98 Cross-Validation R2 « Climate Audit] Reference
NFTs help improve the sites when their nitrogen-rich leaves and branches senesce, fall to the ground as litter and are incorporated into the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
Soil-moisture availability: When soil moisture is lacking, plants can begin to senesce (premature ageing, which can result in leaf loss) and transpire less water. From Wordnik.com. [Transpiration] Reference
This makes senesce because it would increase the standard deviation of the temperature on earth thereby increasing the cooling since heat flux is proportional to the forth power of the temperature. From Wordnik.com. [More on MBH98 Figure 7 « Climate Audit] Reference
The fibroblasts were passaged until they began to senesce. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But as soon as we senesce, evolution is a cruel caretaker. From Wordnik.com. [Kansan.com stories] Reference
"When it is expressed normally, cells proliferate more slowly and senesce, or stop growing.". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
However, Europeans need to decide whether they are ready for real European politics, or whether they are content merely to senesce. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy Journal] Reference
According to the Hayflick Limit, the population can only double a limited number of times (around 50) before the cells senesce and are unable to grow any more. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to India gets own vaccine against swine flu] Reference
Whereas McCorkhill shrubs continue to grow up to 15 years or more, Dee Vee shrubs grow up to about 6 years then begin to senesce so that the 20 year shrub height is the same as the 2 year height. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
The cells, which appear to senesce after approximately 40 passages, are susceptible to herpes simplex, reovirus 3, vesicular stomatitis (Ogden strain), and vaccinia, but resist adenovirus 5, coxsackievirus A9 and B5, and poliovirus 2. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Wind will move the air around, with the result that the more saturated air close to the leaf is replaced by drier air. soil moisture is lacking, plants can begin to senesce (premature ageing, which can result in leaf loss) and transpire less Figure 2: In places where the water table is near the land surface, such as next to lakes and oceans, plant roots can penetrate into the saturated zone below the water table, allowing the plants to transpire water directly from the groundwater system. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
3) Shrubs senesce, producing more dead material which raises the score. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
5, senesce-re. From Wordnik.com. [A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York] Reference
(4) 7To senesce may change one's inner nature. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 3] Reference
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